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When does the fox show up? Six things you'll spot rewatching NiziU's 'Sour Grapes' music video

An opening shot through a scope, a swarm of motorbikes in Taipei, the '元' on price tags in an alley, and the foxes that keep multiplying from 1:48.

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When does the fox show up? Six things you'll spot rewatching NiziU's 'Sour Grapes' music video
Photo: still from the 'Sour Grapes' music video (JYP Entertainment)

'Sour Grapes', the title track of NiziU's first Korean mini album, is a fresh take on Aesop's fable 'The Fox and the Grapes'. So, does a fox appear in the music video? It does, just not from the very start. From this video of just over three minutes, filmed in Taipei, Taiwan, we've gathered six things worth looking out for the second time around. All times refer to the music video.

1. 0:07, the crosshairs in the scope

The video opens on a view through a round scope, aimed at someone. The crosshairs in the middle are sharp and clear. So from the very first scene, it starts with a gaze that has something in its sights.

2. 0:52, in the middle of a swarm of motorbikes

A member stands right in the middle of a stream of motorbikes packed tight across a Taipei road. As the members said in an interview, this music video was filmed in Taipei, and this scene is the first to tell you so.

3. 1:07, arrows on the parking lot floor

A group dance scene, shot looking down from above. The members switch formations over the white arrows and parking lines painted on the ground.

4. From 1:46, cracked glass and a fox

At 1:46, a windowpane cracks like a spiderweb, and right after that, around 1:48, a fox passes between the dancing members. At 1:52, a fox leaps up in front of a street stall, and around 2:52 the foxes have multiplied into a crowd that fills the screen. By the time the song is ending, it's no longer one fox but a whole pack.

5. 2:02 and 2:12, the writing in the alleys

At 2:02, the wall of a drinks stall has price tags reading '杯 25元' and '杯 35元'. 元 (yuan) is the unit of Taiwan's money, so they mean 25 and 35 New Taiwan dollars a cup (roughly 1,000 to 1,500 Korean won). At 2:12 you can see a sign reading '豆漿店', a shop that sells soy milk. It's where people in Taiwan buy their breakfast.

6. Listening closely: the hardest-hitting stretch comes early

On the audio track, this isn't a song that keeps piling up as it goes. The part where it hits hardest comes around 0:36, early in the song. It was composed by chAN's and Luxxy (TAKE A CHANCE) with DAINASAURS, and the lyrics were written by seven writers from the lyric-writing team ARTiffect (per the official tracklist).

If you want to count how many times the fox shows up for yourself, just play it again from 1:46 to the end.

니쥬NiziUSour Grapes숨은 디테일타이베이위드유

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  1. 1.[JYP Entertainment] NiziU(니쥬) "Sour Grapes" M/V ↗
  2. 2.[스타뉴스] 니쥬 컴백 일문일답(타이베이 촬영) ↗
  3. 3.[톱스타뉴스] 니쥬 'Sour Grapes' 트랙리스트·크레딧 이미지 ↗
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